County profile
Hayes County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#3064 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$94.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-22.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
40
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
17
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$36.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
821
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$69.3k±$15.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±5.8%
Poverty rate
12.7%±5.8%
Business applications
14 · 2025
Retail establishments
5
59.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade100%
share of top-1 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
821
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $72.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−58
International migration+16
Natural change+16
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$80.0M2019
$90.4M2020
$113.1M2021
$128.9M2022
$122.3M2023
$94.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$128.1k±$50.8k
Median gross rent
$508/mo±$140/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±6.0%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$341.7k
1 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
1.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 66Drought 57Strong wind 29
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
12022
02023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
68.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
19.6 km
NKCR
Nearest port
431.6 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
53.3 km
MC COOK BEN NELSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$36.6k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hayes?
Hayes's economy produced $94.6M in 2024, contracting 22.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.